Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor

Location: Leeds or Sheffield

Hours: 08:30 – 17:00 (some flexibility available)

Sponsorship: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

About the role

Join Kier Places – Building Solutions North, where you'll play a vital role in managing the commercial resources of exciting construction projects. Our portfolio includes refurbishments, small new build projects, and high-rise building works, with contract values typically ranging from £5m to £15m. We work with prestigious clients across the public and private sectors, delivering high-quality projects that make a positive difference to communities across the UK.

Responsibilities

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the Building Solutions North team, supporting them in maximising project profitability and managing commercial resources. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through effective contract and subcontract placement and control
• Tendering, evaluating and appointing subcontractors, consultants and placing orders for materials and plant all within delegated authorities
• Identifying, evaluating and negotiating variations to contracts with customers and suppliers
• Measuring and valuing work to support invoicing customers and payment to suppliers, whilst managing cash flow
• Producing monthly reports and forecasts, assessing commercial risks and implementing mitigation strategies

Requirements

This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have clear communication skills with experience working effectively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, sub-contractors and the supply chain
• You hold relevant qualifications in Quantity Surveying (Degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying desirable)
• You have demonstrable experience in a similar role within the construction industry
• You possess strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, work to deadlines and use your own initiative
• You're proficient in IT packages including Microsoft Office and can adapt to bespoke software systems

Benefits and rewards

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Pre-employment checks

Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.